# Incident 20170818017139I: Beech A36, Conroe, TX, August 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2017, 17:43 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3119° N, 95.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conroe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3119&lon=-95.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822AD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 491 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818017139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO HOUSTON FROM ATHENS TEXAS. PILOT NOTICED HE HAD ZERO OIL PRESSURE, HE REPORTED TO ATC HE NEEDED TO LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT.  ATC DIRECTED HIM TO CONROE CXO. PILOT PROCEEDED TO CXO AND THEN OIL SPRAY WAS COMING OVER THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD BANG AND WAS LOSING POWER. ATC ADVISED PILOT TO TRY TO LAND ON HWY 105. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN HAY FIELD RIGHT BELOW HIM. PILOT EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND LANDED IN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR PERSONNEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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